James Harmon Kirkendall photograph collection

Identifier
irn562246
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.405.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562246

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Katherine Kirkendall-Chlystun

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Katherine Kirkendall-Chlystun, grand-niece of James Harmon Kirkendall.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs depicting the Dachau concentration camp at liberation on April 15, 1945. The images were kept by James Harmon Kirkendall (donor's great uncle) who served in the 99th Infantry Division of the US Army and was one of the 15 soldiers sent to the Dachau concentration camp to report on the conditions; dated April 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.